2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Seth Knowles enlisted 3/29/1864 at Jonesville Mi., mustered into A Company MI. 2nd Infantry, was captured 8/29/64 at Petersburg and died of wounds on 1/22.65. Datelined Camp by the Chickahominy, June 12th, 1864, to his father, 2pp., light. In part, “We made a charge the other day, drove the Johnnies about a mile and a half. We made the charge in the morning. It lasted up till noon, then we had to lasy down close the the ground. We laid there till dark, then was relieved . There was twenty killed and wounded out of our regiment. Frank Burns was killed.He was shot through the head and died instantly. The bullets flew around my head fast. … The fellow that has Edson’s watch and money is in the hospital yet. I can’t get paper for 5 cents at best. … Frank Burns joined the regiment May 23, 1864. Within a week he was KIA Bethesda Church, June 3, 1864. In May 1864, during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's V Corps formed the left flank of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union line here, facing Gen. Robert E. Lee's army. On 30 May, Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's attack on Warren's position failed. Early attacked again on 2 June, but was beaten back by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's IX Corps.
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